Urban Indiana

Navarre Cabin to learn fate next month as Historic Preservation Commission to weigh in again

A proposal to decide the fate of the Navarre Cabin was delayed this week, meaning the History Museum will wait until December to make its case about moving the historic structure.

The History Museum owns the structure and has plans to move it out of Leeper Park and to its campus on West Washington Street. History Museum leaders say the cabin has been subject to vandalism at its current location and with no nearby restrooms or security, school trips are becoming rare.

If the cabin were to move, the museum envisions making it part of an immersive homestead experience where it would be placed near a Potawatomi wigwam and a blacksmith shop to allow museum goers to learn about life in the 19th century.

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https://www.wvpe.org/wvpe-news/2023-11-21/navarre-cabin-to-learn-fate-next-month-as-historic-preservation-commission-to-weigh-in-again